Philo Vance's Gamble

"Private Detective Philo Vance gets involved with a succession of murders and a mystery concerning the disappearance of an emerald that has been smuggled into the United States."

Cast

Alan Curtis

as Philo Vance

Vivian Austin

as Laurian March (as Terry Austin)

Frank Jenks

as Ernie Clark

Tala Birell

as Tina Cromwell

Gavin Gordon

as Oliver Tennant

Cliff Clark

as Inspector Walsh

James Burke

as Lt. Burke

Toni Todd

as Geegee Desmond

Francis Pierlot

as Roberts

Joseph Crehan

as Ellis Mason

Garnett Marks

as Charles O'Mara

Grady Sutton

as Willetts

Charles Mitchell

as Guy Harkness

Joanne Frank

as Norma Harkness

Dan Seymour

as Jeffrey Connor

Karolyn Grimes

as Pat Roberts

Kenneth Farrell

as Alberto the Costume Designer (uncredited)

Crew

Basil Wrangell

Director

Arthur St. Claire

Writer

Lawrence Taylor

Story

Howard Welsch

Producer

Alvin Levin

Original Music Composer

Jackson Rose

Director of Photography

W. Donn Hayes

Editor

Eugene Conrad

Screenplay

S.S. Van Dine

Characters

Perry Smith

Art Direction

William Kiernan

Set Decoration

Armor Marlowe

Set Decoration

Ivan Volkman

Assistant Director

J.N.A. Hawkins

Sound

W.C. Smith

Sound

Eugene Joseff

Costume Design

Alfred DeGaetano

Supervising Editor

Irving Friedman

Music Director